The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost you dear before he's understood.

Abstruse and mystic thoughts you must express With painful care, but seeming easiness; For truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress.

Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.

The multitude is always wrong.

What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.

Words once spoken can never be recalled.

Invention is not so much the result of labor as of judgment.